ezekiel-3:8-11

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 3:8

I have made thy face strong; literally, as in the Revised Version, hard. Ezekiel's name was at once nomen et omen. Hard as Israel might be, he could be made harder, i.e. stronger, than they, end should prevail against them (compare the parallels of Isaiah 1:7 ; Jeremiah 1:18 ; Jeremiah 15:20 ). The boldness of God's prophets is a strictly supernatural gift. Whatever persistency there may be in evil, they will be able to meet it, perhaps to overcome it, by a greater persistency in... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 3:8-9

The fearlessness of the Lord's messenger. After hearing that Israel would give no heed to his prophetic messages, the Prophet Ezekiel must have needed strong encouraging. It is always depressing to engage in a hopeless undertaking. Yet there was a moral necessity for the mission to be fulfilled. And the Lord strengthened and fortified his servant for his painful duty by breathing into him a Divine courage, and by bidding him dismiss all fear. Although Ezekiel's position was very special,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 3:9

Adamant . The Hebrew word shemir is used in Jeremiah 17:1 (where the Authorized Version gives "diamond" for a stone used in engraving on gems. In Zechariah 7:12 it appears, as it does here, as a type of exceeding hardness. It is not found elsewhere in the Old Testament. It is commonly identified with the stone known as corundum, which appears in some of its forms as the sapphire and the Oriental ruby, and also as the stone the powder of which is used as emery. The special point of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 3:9

Adamant. I. WHAT IT IS FOR THE FOREHEAD TO BE OF ADAMANT . 1 . It is external hardness . Zechariah writes of those who "made their hearts as an adamant stone" ( Zechariah 7:12 ). Ezekiel is not to do this; he only has his forehead made as adamant. The adamantine heart is a sign of sin. It is sure to fail in all attempts at spiritual work. We must feel sympathy with those whom we would help. But it is possible to have a "tough skin with a tender heart."... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 3:10

All my words, etc. The stress lies on the first word. The prophet was not to pick and choose out of the message, but was to deliver "all the counsel of God" ( Acts 20:27 ). Take into thine heart, etc. An inverted order of the two commands would, perhaps, have seemed more natural. What we actually find, however, is sufficiently suggestive. The message of Jehovah is first received into the inner depths of the soul, but in that stage it is vague, undefined, incommunicable. It needs to be... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 3:10

The inpouring of Divine fulness. A great and strong nature is sometimes observed to obtain a vast ascendancy over others, to communicate opinion, to exercise influence, to control, to impel, to restrain, to inspire. Now, the prophet is the man to whom the Lord, who is the eternal Truth and Wisdom and Authority, stands in such a relation. As is strikingly described in the text, God pours into the ears and the heart of the prophet the words which are the expression of his infinite mind and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 3:11

Get thee to them of the Captivity, etc. In Ezekiel 2:3 and Ezekiel 3:1 , Ezekiel 3:4 the mission had been to "the house of Israel" generally; now it is specialized. He is sent "to them of the Captivity." They are the rebellious house. There is an obvious significance in the phrase, " thy people." Jehovah can no longer recognize them as his. The words of Ezekiel 2:7 are repeated. Here also, even among the exiles, who were better than those that remained in Judah, he was to expect... read more

Albert Barnes

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 3:8

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 3:8-9

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 3:9

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 3:9

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 3:10

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 3:10

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 3:11

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 3:8

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 3:9

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 3:11

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